Re: [Patch v7 21/22] CIFS: SMBD: Upper layer performs SMB read via RDMA write through memory registration

[Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>]

On 9/21/2018 8:56 PM, Stefan Metzmacher wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>>> +        req->Channel = SMB2_CHANNEL_RDMA_V1_INVALIDATE;
>>> +        if (need_invalidate)
>>> +            req->Channel = SMB2_CHANNEL_RDMA_V1;
>>> +        req->ReadChannelInfoOffset =
>>> +            offsetof(struct smb2_read_plain_req, Buffer);
>>> +        req->ReadChannelInfoLength =
>>> +            sizeof(struct smbd_buffer_descriptor_v1);
>>> +        v1 = (struct smbd_buffer_descriptor_v1 *) &req->Buffer[0];
>>> +        v1->offset = rdata->mr->mr->iova;
>>
>> It's unnecessary, and possibly leaking kernel information, to use
>> the IOVA as the offset of a memory region which is registered using
>> an FRWR. Because such regions are based on the exact bytes targeted
>> by the memory handle, the offset can be set to any value, typically
>> zero, but nearly arbitrary. As long as the (offset + length) does
>> not wrap or otherwise overflow, offset can be set to anything
>> convenient.
>>
>> Since SMB reads and writes range up to 8MB, I'd suggest zeroing the
>> least significant 23 bits, which should guarantee it. The other 41
>> bits, party on. You could randomize them, pass some clever identifier
>> such as MID sequence, whatever.
> 
> I just tested that setting:
> 
> mr->iova &= (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
> mr->iova |= 0xFFFFFFFF00000000;
> 
> after the ib_map_mr_sg() and before doing the IB_WR_REG_MR, seems to work.

Good! As you know, we were concerned about it after seeing that
the ib_dma_map_sg() code was unconditionally setting it to the
dma_mapped address. By salting those FFFF's with varying data,
this should give your FRWR regions stronger integrity in addition
to not leaking kernel "addresses" to the wire.

Tom.